Tag-holder.



l. E. LEAVITT.

TAG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. I915.

1,%25,661 Patented May 8, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 8, 1 917.

Application filed May 24, 1915. Serial N 0. 29,972.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. Lnavrrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tag holders and is particularly designed for use on clothing and other articles of merchandise, permitting the changing of the tag contained within the holder from time to time as the price varies without necessitating the removal of the tag holder from the garment.

The object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive holder which may be quickly and easily attached to the clothing or merchandise without injury or defacement thereof.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the sleeve of a. coat with a tag holder embodying my invention shown attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the holder with the tag removed.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of said holder.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line l-4 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 represents the end of the sleeve of a coat; 6 a holder and 7 a tag which is arranged in said holder. The holder 6 is preferably a rectangular frame constructed of sheet material preferably metal, portions of said material being bent preferably along opposite sides as at 8, 8 and at one end as at 9 to form grooves 10 within which the card constituting the tag 7 is arranged.

The center of the material from which i the holder 6 is constructed is cut away and over the tag after the same has been moved into place and thus temporarily secure said tag within said holder.

A fastener 12 is provided for the holder (3, said fastener being formed from a piece of wire which is preferably bent to form a cross bar 13 at opposite ends of which are coils l i preferably constituting one complete helix of the wire. From' opposite sides of said coils the wire is extended in directions substantially at right angles to the cross bar 13 to form prongs 15.

The prongs 15 are preferably substantially parallel with each other and they are arranged adjacent opposite sides of the holder (3. The outer free ends 16 of said prongs are sharpened, permitting said prongs to be easily passed through portions of the fabric.

The fastener 12 is substantially rigidly secured to the back of the holder 6, preferably adjacent the coils 14: and by means of tongues 17 formed by partially detaching portions of the material of said holder and in passing said tongues through said coils and over the wire constituting said coils.

The free ends 16 of the prongs 15 are adapted to be secured to the body portion and thus retain the holder on the garment by means of hooks 18, said hooks being also formed by partially detaching portions of the material constituting said holder. The open portions of said hooks 18 are directed toward each other. 1

In applying the tag to the garment the free ends 16 of the prongs are disengaged from the hooks 18 by swinging said prongs inward. The prongs are then passed through the cloth of the garment to which the same is to be attached and a tag or card bearing the description and price of the garment slipped into the grooves 10 and secured therein by the prong 11.

The holder 6 may be left on the garment until the same is sold, but should it be desired to change the price on the card, the prong 11 is straightened and a new card inserted in place of the one contained within said holder. It will thus be evident that much time will be saved by not having to sew the tag tothe garment as is the usual custom and the fabric of the garment will not be injured in any way, as the prongs 15 are comparatively small. Furthermore by cutting away the central portion of the material of the holder but little material will come in contact with the cloth and there will thus be'less danger of the cloth, when Very light becoming blackened or soiled by the metal constituting the tag holder.

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

A tag holder having, in combination, a piece of sheet material having its edges bent backwardly to form grooves adapted to hold a tag, a fastener comprising a wire bent to form a cross-bar with a coil at each end thereof, prongs extending substantially at Copies of this patent may be obtained for right angles to said cross-bar from said coils, two tongues on said sheet material and projecting through said coils for secursaid sheet material and adjacent the points of said prongs and arranged to engage the ends of said prongs. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. LEAVITT.

lVitnesses:

SYDNEY E. TAFT, CHARLES S. Goonme.

five cents each; by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

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